stonecrandall Chapter 992
Chapter 992
During this time, Li Taihang had not had much contact with the princess. Although she had confessed her identity to him, Li Taihang was not interested in it.
In his opinion, he and the princess were just casual acquaintances.
However, the princess obviously fell in love with him.
Li Taihang felt it, but they were destined to be apart.
So when Li Taihang saw the jade pendant she gave him, he did not accept it, but shook his head and said, "The princess is thoughtful. This jade pendant looks very valuable. I dare not take it."
After that, Li Taihang turned and left without giving them a chance to talk again.
This made Zhang Pozi relieved. After all, this jade pendant was very important to the girl.
When Li Taihang left, the girl seemed to have lost something she had been looking forward to. She felt empty in her heart and had an inexplicable sadness.
Li Taihang went all the way and traveled for more than half a month.
During this time, he also heard about the princess. First, she had safely returned to the capital, recognized the emperor, and became the eldest daughter of the emperor.
Second, the third prince was punished by the emperor for wanting to harm the eldest daughter of the emperor, and was exiled, becoming a prince in name only.
However, Li Taihang did not expect that the third prince would take all his anger out on Li Taihang.
But Li Taihang was not clear about this for the time being.
Li Taihang walked for another month. One day, he came to a teahouse in the wild and stopped.
Li Taihang was a little surprised when he saw this teahouse.
Because he rarely saw teahouses opened outside the city, but it was just right to go there to rest.
When he arrived at the teahouse, the waiter came up to serve enthusiastically.
"Hello, sir. Do you need anything?"
"Just give me something." Li Taihang thought for a moment and said, "It would be better if there is something to eat."
"Yes, yes, please wait."
Then he went to arrange food for Li Taihang, while Li Taihang sat quietly at the tea table.
At this time, several tea drinkers came to the table next to him.
After the tea drinkers sat down, one of them shouted inside.
"Waiter, serve us good tea."
As he was speaking, the waiter's voice came from inside.
"Okay."
After a while, the waiter came out with a teapot full of tea.
He poured tea for several tea drinkers, then left the teapot and said, "Dear guests, enjoy."
"Okay."
One of them waved his hand, signaling the waiter to leave.
And they started chatting.
"It's not safe on the business road recently."
"Yes, since your majesty fell ill, several princes have been fighting for the throne, causing internal friction. And your majesty is very worried about the abilities of several princes, and is even more disappointed in them."
"I heard that he also found his eldest daughter who was lost among the people, that is, the current eldest daughter of the emperor, and it seems that he also intends to let her inherit the throne."
"Haha, that's just right, our country will have a female emperor in the future."
They obviously all seem to be very optimistic about the girl.
After all, compared to those princes, they think that this eldest daughter of the emperor from the people will definitely treat them better.
Especially recently, the third prince lost the qualification to inherit. In order to show their merits, the eldest prince and the second prince increased taxes on the people and merchants respectively.
This made both the people and the merchants live very miserable.
Only the eldest daughter of the emperor suggested that the emperor restore people's livelihood and economy, not to be high-pressure on the people, and at the same time select talents, appoint virtuous people, and govern the local areas. Eliminate redundant personnel, incompetent and corrupt officials to make the administration more transparent.
The old emperor was obviously more interested in her proposal.
Because this, combined with the current situation of the kingdom, would ease the relationship between the royal family and the people.
In comparison, the eldest and second princes did not take the people of the world seriously at all, even the third prince who was removed from the list was the same.
Li Taihang looked at the dishes served and started eating.
While he was eating, he listened to the conversations of the tea drinkers.
And then, he heard about the rebels appearing nearby.
"Those rebels are so terrible, like locusts passing through the border."
"Yes, I heard that many places have fallen, and those people who can't make a living, and even some merchants, have joined the rebellion."
"Oh, it's really a sin. Since the affairs of the country were handed over to the princes to manage together, our entire kingdom has been in chaos."
"I really hope that the eldest princess can manage our country."
"I think your majesty has the same idea, but..."
"Oh..."
They all shook their heads.
In their opinion, the eldest princess is weak and there is no way she can be the eldest and second princes.opponent.
Li Taihang thought that after parting ways with her, he would no longer have anything to do with her, and there would be no more news about her.
But compared to the state machine, he was really nothing.
In a kingdom where news circulates, especially the dispute over the crown prince, it spread all over the world.
So it was hard for him not to know.
But at this moment, there was a sound of horse hooves in the distance.
Everyone looked up and saw a lot of cavalry coming from afar.
The tea drinkers here were a little panicked when they saw it, and hurriedly stood up.
Li Taihang ignored these people, and was still eating when these people approached him.
The one who came was dressed as a general, with thousands of cavalry behind him.
He glanced at Li Taihang and other tea drinkers around him.
In particular, Li Taihang was still as steady as a mountain, sitting there eating, while others were hiding in fear or standing aside.
This formed a sharp contrast, and naturally attracted the attention of the leading general.
The general looked very dignified without being angry, and he looked very difficult to mess with. Some tea drinkers couldn't help but tremble when they saw him.
"Listen, get out of here immediately. This place has been requisitioned."
A cavalryman stepped forward and shouted loudly. After hearing the order, the tea drinkers turned around and ran away, and dared not stay any longer.
Only Li Taihang was still as steady as a mountain, sitting there.
The waiter was also startled by the movement outside at this time, and quickly notified the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper actually heard the sound a long time ago, but he was not panicked.
When he heard that the general had driven away all his tea drinkers and requisitioned this place, he frowned immediately.
"Let's go and take a look." The shopkeeper was obviously unhappy.
He brought the waiter to the door of the inn, and saw that the leading general had dismounted and walked towards them.
As for Li Taihang, he took a look, and then a personal soldier came forward to drive Li Taihang away.
Li Taihang frowned when he saw someone disturbing his meal.
"What do you want to do?"
"The general has ordered that all irrelevant personnel leave immediately. This place has been requisitioned by us. No one is allowed to approach without our order."
After the personal guard came up, he spoke to Li Taihang.
"I will leave after I finish eating. Besides, I am outside, so it won't affect you to eat inside."
"No."
Li Taihang never took these people seriously, and when they refused, Li Taihang was not happy.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
"Why are you blocking this place?"
"It's your business, get out of here, otherwise, don't blame us for being violent."
In fact, they are pretty good. If they were replaced by unreasonable soldiers, they would have overturned Li Taihang's table long ago.
But Li Taihang smiled and said, "Interesting, then you can try it."
"You."
Then, the personal guard was about to draw his knife.
At this time, the general spoke: "Okay, he is alone, let him eat, and leave quickly after eating."
The general seemed to see that Li Taihang was quite powerful, so he did not dare to offend Li Taihang too much.
"Yes!"
The personal soldiers stopped pestering him.
The general also talked to the waiter and the shopkeeper. It turned out that the purpose of their coming here was to ask for some food and drink.
They were very tired after rushing all the way here.
They did not expect that there was a teahouse here, which made them very happy.
"Shopkeeper, prepare some tea and food for me and my brothers, and send it over later."
There are thousands of people here, how can they prepare it? ?
However, after seeing them, the shopkeeper laughed again: "No problem, general, please wait, I will ask the kitchen to prepare it."
However, no one noticed that a strange light flashed in the shopkeeper's eyes, but it was not discovered by others.
Then, the shopkeeper took the waiter to work.
It is not an easy task to fight an army of 3,000 people.
However, the shopkeeper seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Facing the scene of thousands of people, he was particularly calm.
The general took several generals and went in to eat.
The shopkeeper and the waiter of the teahouse also began to make arrangements. After preparing buckets of tea and porridge, they sent them out to the soldiers.
Of course, before the army ate, they tested it with silver needles. After seeing that there was no poison, they distributed it to the soldiers.
Including the generals, they verified it one by one before sending it over.
However, there was indeed no poison in it, but something they didn't know.
After Li Taihang finished his meal, he paid and rode away on horseback.
The cavalry didn't make things difficult for him.
He walked along the official road., according to the rumors he heard on the road, he would encounter a rebel-ravaged area next.
He estimated that the three thousand cavalrymen were also here to deal with these rebels.
When he came to a small forest, he encountered a small group of rebels.
They didn't look like they were out to rob, but more like they were here to scout the situation.
When they saw Li Taihang, they surrounded him without hesitation.
"Stop."
"..." Li Taihang looked at these rebels who were dressed differently and holding various weapons, and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Yes, where are you from?"
"I'm from the north."
"North?"
They were slightly stunned. This is the west of the kingdom, so Li Taihang is not from the capital.
"Is that so? Have you seen the kingdom's army?" a rebel soldier asked.